sunshine cure-all

Whew - I feel so much better today! It's amazing what a few hours outside can do. Clara & I got out of the house early today. We made a stop at traffic court to settle up with Libertyville for my lead foot last month and then spent some time at the library. I decided to walk her over to O'Plaine park so that we could check the progress of our vegetable garden and just get a somewhat different view. I like our neighborhood park, but kind of wanted to just get out of here for a while. We met a really nice woman (Mary!) and the little boy she watches, so I'm looking forward to seeing her around again soon.

Clara is cracking me up right now because she has found an old CTA card and keeps telling me about how she needs her "library card" to check out books. And she wants to make sure she can bring it with her tomorrow to the Shedd Aquarium. Maybe we can check out a sea horse or something... Every once in a while I think about where she was developmentally last year and can't believe the change in one year. The concepts that she has in her head amaze me. Kids are amazing in general - I never understood that til I watched one go from a blob to a person who gets it in a short time.

Looking forward to tomorrow's adventures downtown and yoga again on Thursday. Having hot yoga in the 'burbs is wonderful beyond belief. And having a hubby that is supportive of it is even better.